Research

I've published a wide variety of ecology and evolution research, more specifically in the fields of evolutionary ecology of plant-herbivore interactions, restoration and community ecology, and bee biodiversity. All my publications are listed below which can also be found on Google Scholar and on my C.V..

Breland SJR, Turley NE, Gibbs J, Isaacs R, Brudvig LA . (2025). Land-use legacies affect flower visitation network structure after forest restoration. Journal of Forestry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44392-025-00014-3  PDF

Pizza RB, Turley NE, Brudvig LA. (2025). Relative effects of seed mix design, consumer pressure, and edge proximity on community structure in restored prairies. Ecological Applications. 35(1): e3083. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3083  PDF

Turley NE, Kania SE, Petitta IR, Otruba EA, Biddinger DJ, Butzler TM, Sesler VV, López-Uribe MM. (2024). Bee monitoring by community scientists: comparing a collections-based program with iNaturalist. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 117(4) 220–233. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saae014  PDF

Underwood RM, Lawrence BL, Turley NE, Cambron-Kopco LD, Kietzman PM, Traver BE, López-Uribe MM. (2023). A longitudinal experiment demonstrates that honey bee colonies managed organically are as healthy and productive as those managed conventionally. Scientific Reports. (13) 6072. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32824-w  PDF

Turley NE, Biddinger DJ, Joshi NK, López-Uribe MM. (2022). Six years of wild bee monitoring shows changes in biodiversity within and across years and declines in abundance. Ecology and Evolution. (12) e9190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9190 PDF   

López-Uribe MM, Demchak K, Fleischer SJ, Bird S, Pettita I, Turley NE. (2022). Pollination of Blueberry Crops in Pennsylvania. Penn State Extension.

Brudvig LA, Turley NE (co-first authors), Bartel S, Bell-Dereske L, Breland S, Damschen EI, Evans SE, Gibbs J, Hahn PG, Isaacs R, Ledvina JA, Orrock JL,

Sorenson QM, Stuhler JD. (2021). Large ecosystem-scale effects of restoration fail to mitigate impacts of land-use legacies in longleaf pine savannas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (17) e2020935118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020935118 PDF

Turley NE, Bell-Dereske L, Evans SE, Brudvig LA. (2020). Agricultural land-use history and restoration impacts soil microbial biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology. (57) 852-863. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13591 PDF

Linabury MC, Turley NE, Brudvig LA. (2019). Insects remove more seeds than mammals in first-year prairie restorations. Restoration Ecology. (27) 1300–1306. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13004 PDF

Odanaka K, Gibbs J, Turley NE, Isaacs R, Brudvig LA. Canopy thinning, not agricultural history, determines early responses of wild bees to longleaf pine savanna restoration. (2019). Restoration Ecology. (28) 138–146. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13043 PDF

Barker CA, Turley NE, Orrock JL, Ledvina JA, Brudvig LA. (2019). Post-agricultural soils do not limit plant establishment and growth. Oecologia. (189) 1049–1060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04348-6 PDF 

Breland S, Turley NE, Gibbs J, Isaacs R, Brudvig LA. (2018). Restoration increases bee abundance and richness but not pollination in remnant and post‐agricultural woodlands. Ecosphere. (9) e02435. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2435 PDF 

des Roches S, Post DM, Turley NE, Bailey JK, Hendry AP, Kinnison MT, Schweitzer JA, Palkovacs EP. (2017). The ecological effects of variation within species. Nature Ecology and Evolution. (2) 57. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0402-5 PDF

Turley NE, Orrock JL, Ledvina JA, Brudvig LA. (2017). Dispersal and establishment limitation slows plant community recovery on post-agricultural longleaf pine savannas. Journal of Applied Ecology. (54) 1100–1109. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12903 PDF

Brudvig LA, Barak RS, Bauer JT, Caughlin TT, Laughlin DC, Larios L, Matthews JW, Stuble KL, Turley NE, Zirbel CR. (2017). Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science. Journal of Applied Ecology. (54) 1018–1027. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12938 PDF

Turley NE, Brudvig LA. Agricultural land-use history causes persistent loss of plant phylogenetic diversity. (2016). Ecology. (97) 2240–2247.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1443 PDF

Palkovacs EP, Fryxell DC, Turley NE, Post DM. (2015). Ecological effects of intraspecific consumer biodiversity for aquatic communities and ecosystems. In Aquatic Functional Biodiversity.  Belgrano A, Woodward G (editors). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-417015-5.00002-5 PDF 

Turcotte MM, Lochab AK, Turley NE, Johnson MTJ. (2015). Plant domestication slows pest evolution. Ecology Letters. (18) 907-915. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12467 PDF

Santangelo JS, Turley NE, Johnson MTJ. (2015). Fungal endophytes of Festuca rubra increase in frequency following long-term exclusion of rabbits. Botany. (93) 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2014-0187 PDF

Turley NE, Johnson MTJ. (2015). Ecological effects of aphid abundance, genotypic variation, and contemporary evolution on plants. Oecologia. (178) 747-759. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3276-8 PDF

Turcotte MM, Turley NE, and Johnson MTJ. (2014). The impact of domestication on resistance to two generalist herbivores across 29 independent domestication events. New Phytologist. (204) 671–681. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12935 PDF

Didiano TJ, Turley NE, Schaefer H, Everwand G, Crawley MJ, Johnson MTJ. (2014). Experimental test of plant defense evolution in four species using long-term rabbit exclosures. Journal of Ecology. (102) 584–594. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12227 PDF

Evans DM, Turley NE, Tewksbury JJ. (2013). Habitat edge effects alter ant-guard protection against herbivory. Landscape Ecology. (28) 1743-1754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9917-6 PDF

Turley NE, Odell WC, Schaefer H, Everwand G, Crawley MJ, Johnson MTJ. (2013). Contemporary evolution of plant growth rate following experimental removal of herbivores. American Naturalist. (181) S21–S34. https://doi.org/10.1086/668075 PDF

Turley NE, Godfrey RM, Johnson MTJ. (2013). Evolution of mixed strategies of plant defense against herbivores. New Phytologist. (197) 359–361. https://www.jstor.org/stable/newphytologist.197.2.359 PDF

Evans DM, Turley NE, Levey DJ, Tewksbury JJ. (2012). Habitat patch shape, not corridors, determines herbivory and fitness of a model plant species. Ecology. (93) 1016-1025. https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0642.1 PDF

Woods EC, Hastings AP, Turley NE, Heard SB, Agrawal AA. (2012). Adaptive geographical clines in the growth and defense of a native plant. Ecological Monographs.

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Hersch-Green EI, Turley NE, Johnson MTJ. (2011). Community genetics: what have we accomplished and where should we be going? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. (366) 1453-1460. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0331 PDF